Articles by Char Weeks (2 total)

After Robodebt, why did the ATO remove a protection for people over 70?
The ATO has changed how it treats previously suspended tax debts, raising serious questions about older and vulnerable Australians, retirement savings and whether government has absorbed the human lessons of Robodebt.

As high-rise developments boom, overhaul of strata committees of management long overdue
There are roughly three million strata townhouses and apartments in Australia. The focus on high-rise developments to address the housing crisis has seen a 7 per cent increase in the number of strata properties over the last two years. In Victoria, the government redevelopment plan for inner Melbourne proposes that 84 per cent of new dwellings will be high rises of ten storeys or more.